Category Archives: Life

Football Season At Last

Quote of the Day: “Time, as we age, is often damaging. But this was one of the Lord’s good days, resting for me forever in a kind of somnolent tenderness. I was thirteen and it was a golden, luminous November’s … Continue reading

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Can’t. Focus. (But Thursday Pickin Starts in One Week!)

Quote of the Day: “Umpires would be natural Republicans–dead to human feelings.” –George Will, from Men at Work (1990) TB stopped yesterday at the gas station to satisfy a craving for Hostess cupcakes. Nothing else would do. After I wolfishly … Continue reading

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Birth. School. Work. Work. Work. Death

Quote of the Day: “Labor is prior to, and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the … Continue reading

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6 Questions That Go Well With Beer

Quote of the Weekend: “A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but its better to be thoroughly sure.” –Czech proverb What aspect of American culture could you least live without–Professional and NCAA spectator sports, the Internet, Up … Continue reading

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Skeletons in the Closet

Quote of the Day: “I like boring things.”     —Andy Warhol TB got a big kick out of this article yesterday about Andy Warhol and his accumulation of junk, the highlight of which is a signed nude poster of … Continue reading

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TB’s Society Page

Quote of the Day: “I am who I am, I am what I am, I do what I do and I ain’t never gonna do it any different. I don’t care who likes it and who don’t.” –Buck Owens Let … Continue reading

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Six Travellin Questions, another Rerun

Quote of the Day: “Myths which are believed in tend to become true.” George Orwell You are going to sea for a three hour tour. Instead of returning to port you will be stranded for a year (or six seasons … Continue reading

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You Make The Call!

Quote of the Day: “Most loathsome events become humorous tales with the passage of time.” –Jimmy Buffett, from Tales From Margaritaville It has only taken ten days. Now, finally, TB can laugh about it. After much therapy. And the arrival … Continue reading

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A Cable Company Customer Service Conversation

Quote of the Day: “A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.”     —Howard Scott, 20th century scientist/engineer Maybe the government can’t do anything right, I don’t know. What I … Continue reading

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Six Questions, One Rerun

Quote of the Day: “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” –Pablo Picasso Last August we were in the midst of a Presidential Election, the Olympics were going on and the TB universe was in its infancy. There … Continue reading

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